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It's telling that you have to pick Iran, Russia, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia to show that the US is not unique in their actions. Especially since 2 of those cou
by buran77 5y ago
It's telling that you have to pick Iran, Russia, China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia to show that the US is not unique in their actions. Especially since 2 of those countries are close US allies. That's a very interesting bar to set, and very unflattering company.
I mean you're correct, all superpowers will eventually resort to the same tactics to get, maintain, or increase their power, even if some are able to give them that fresh, clean smell. But having those countries as a moral baseline doesn't paint the bright picture you're looking for.
- mc32 5y agoIt’s telling but not in the way you think it’s telling. Anyone who has power wilds it: colonial France, Spain, Japan, etc.
- buran77 5y agoYou should also learn when to stop digging, especially when you're in the hole. Again it's really telling that you had to move to comparing today's US to decades or centuries ago France, Spain, or that country on which you had to drop 2 atomic bombs to get it to stop. Is everything acceptable today because it was done in the past? And if it's not acceptable than what point are you trying to make? That it's abysmal but at least that totalitarian regime is also doing it? Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, or Jeffrey Dahmer had power and wielded it. But whenever you are desperate enough to make yourself look good by comparing to them you lost the battle before it began.